thesis-outline
Build a defensible thesis or dissertation outline — argument-first structure, chapter by chapter, with the through-line visible. Use when asked to outline my thesis, structure my dissertation, plan my capstone, or organize my research into chapters. Produces a full outline: the one-sentence thesis, chapter map with each chapter's job and claim, evidence allocation, and the risk register of weak links an examiner would probe.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Thesis Outline Skill A thesis dies two ways: chapters that are containers instead of arguments, and a through-line only the author can see. This skill builds the outline argument-first — every chapter has a *job* and a *claim* — and then reads it like an examiner, flagging the weak links before the defense does. ## What This Skill Produces - **The thesis sentence** — one sentence; if it takes three, the work isn't scoped yet - **The chapter map** — per chapter: its job in the argument, its central claim, its evidence - **Evidence allocation** — which data/sources carry which chapter, exposing overloaded and starving chapters - **The examiner's risk register** — the 3–5 weakest links, each with a shoring-up plan ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The research question and (draft) answer** — even rough; the outline is built around the answer - **What exists already** — data collected, chapters drafted, the literature review's gap statement - **Program constraints** — length, chapter conventions of the field, deadline - **The supervisor's known opinions** (optional but valuable — outlines that fight the supervisor lose slowly) ## Framework 1. **Answer-first:** the
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework
- Output Format
- Chapter map
- Handoffs
- Examiner's risk register
- Cut-or-justify
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the thesis-outline skill do?
Build a defensible thesis or dissertation outline — argument-first structure, chapter by chapter, with the through-line visible. Use when asked to outline my thesis, structure my dissertation, plan my capstone, or organize my research into chapters. Produces a full outline: the one-sentence thesis, chapter map with each chapter's job and claim, evidence allocation, and the risk register of weak links an examiner would probe.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.